New High is an album by guitarist Larry Coryell which was recorded in 1999 and released on the HighNote label the following year.[1][2]

New High
Studio album by Larry Coryell
Released	April 11, 2000
Recorded	September 10, 1999
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:02
Label	HighNote HCD 7052
Producer	Don Sickler
Larry Coryell chronology
Monk, Trane, Miles & Me (1999) New High (2000) Inner Urge (2001)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

In his review on Allmusic, Stewart Mason states "A better-than-average standards date, Larry Coryell's New High finds the guitarist in a supportive small-combo setting, playing a solid mix of some well-chosen standards and a fine pair of originals. ... Larry Coryell has taken some heat from jazz purists for his too-regular forays into easy listening jazz-pop, but New High is a more-than-respectable piece of solid post-bop".[3] In JazzTimes, Jim Ferguson called it " an album that is beautifully played and recorded" noting "the opening moments of this most recent album leave little doubt that he's in a blowing, straightahead frame of mind and in command of an expert combo".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Larry Coryell except where noted

1. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 8:02
2. "Like Sonny" (John Coltrane) – 5:46
3. "Funereal" – 5:04
4. "Ursula" (Harold Land) – 5:48
5. "John Charles" (Ronnie Mathews) – 7:53
6. "Spiral Staircase" (Mark Sherman) – 6:49
7. "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) – 5:25
8. "New High" – 5:15

Personnel

• Larry Coryell – guitar
• Shunzo Ono – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 7 & 8)
• Ronnie Mathews – piano (tracks 1–6 & 8)
• Mark Sherman – vibraphone (tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8)
• Buster Williams – bass (tracks 1–6 & 8)
• Yoron Israel – drums (tracks 1–6 & 8)

References